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Mineral Oiled Eggs2012 All Rights Reserved Preparedness Pro
I thought I'd just share a few pictures with you so that you can see what the "old" eggs look like.
I purchased these eggs the first week of February when they were on sale. I oiled them with warm mineral oil and put them in the carton and put my own date on the egg carton too. As you can see in this picture, I dated them February 9th and the expiration date on them was a little later in the month.
I had some sausage that I needed...

Let’s take a look at what’s really going on with this growing season, the drought, and the extremely high temperatures. I posted a comment on Facebook the other day about drought conditions and some smart-aleck said “So? We lived through them before, we’ll live through them again.” I do not want anyone to panic,--this is a panic-free zone, remember, but for this lady to make such a flippant comment concerns me for a couple of reasons…where there’s one there are many who also have this laissez...

Note from Preparedness Pro: The article below is provided to us by Dennis Chalkus of DCSurvivalKits.com He addresses the wide use of social media amidst a disaster. I personally believe that social media can easily be a reliable protocol that you can set up with your family members to use and it's one of the only ways I know to make sure that teenage family members are kept abreast of a disaster and the necessary action plans that need to be executed.
How Emergency Services Across the World...

Over the past two years I’ve have noticed undeniable benefits to drinking raw milk. Doing so comes with its share of controversy. But I find it so hypocrytical of a government who gives a thumbs up to the VERY dangerous drug class of statins, but villifies raw mild. *sigh* Frankly, I’m weary of a government (as well as uninformed friends and family) that try to tell me whether or not I can buy it, so I hope to soon be able to take matters into my own hands and produce it myself. Yeah, it’s...

I love combining flavors that seem out of the ordinary only to discover that they've been a perfect match all along. This is one of those kinds of recipes and I always have the ingredients on hand in my pantry. Ironically, this particular pie recipe originated at a time in which sugar was rationed during World War II. Yup, sugar was rationed, but maple syrup was not and though it was costly if purchased at the grocer's it was still widely available in unpopulated areas in which people could...

A friend of mine had an "Iron Chef" contest in her neighborhood a couple of years ago. This dish was one of the best that night and she was kind enough to share the recipe with me. It was originally made with shrimp but I modified it so that it's shelf-stable friendly. I’ve made it several times since receiving the recipe and I love it. Unfortunately it doesn’t meet the “meat and potatoes” appetite criteria of my husband so I have to wait until he’s out of town or on a camping trip to enjoy it...

By Travis Chaffin—Guest Contributor
Food, water, and bullets are at the top of the list for the Zombie Apocalypse, because we will be hungry, thirsty, and need to shoot things. When a group is holed up in a compound fighting off flesh starved zombies they need more, they need extra eyes. A functional and well-designed CCTV security system can be the difference between being alive, dead, or undead. Today we will discuss what you will need to create a zombie proof security system that will...

Recipe Friday: Cake Mix Cookies
This is an incredibly easy recipe that uses cake mixes as the foundation for the cookie and creates a very simple cookie when following the directions, but I love it when I approach it from the perspective of it being a blank canvas. I can then do all kinds of yummy things with it. For example, you could put dark chocolate shavings in a German Chocolate cake mix and a little bit of almond extract to make an out of this world chocolate cookie. Or use a lemon...

Ladies, here is the detailed information for the Feminine Fortress (Rape Prevention) class that I'm teaching at the end of the month while Marie Claire Magazine is here to write a piece on The Preparedness Pro/Women of Caliber. This will be the full rape prevention class, not the abridged version. This is LOW IMPACT in terms of physical requirements but HIGH impact in terms of usable tactics and strategies for real life scenarios. That's not to say you won't be doing some physical work; yes,...